4/27/2013

HIKE

Today we decided to go on a nice hike-it ended up being 6 miles in 4 hours.

It was a beautiful day, so we decided to take our little Chiquita with us.  Since we had just got back from our cruise we did not want to leave her again.


The trails are nicely manicured with soft dirt so it makes it easy to walk.


I tried to get Chiquita to take a drink in the stream, but I don't think she understood that concept.

The higher up we got the trail got more rocky and steep, so Bill and I took turns carrying Chiquita in our back pack.

We could not believe there was snow in some spots.  We had to be careful it was very slippery .

It seemed to take forever to reach the falls.  So we sat and took about a 20 minute break.

On the trail there were a lot of dogs hiking with their owners.  Chiquita was pretty social but still liked to be left alone by the other dogs who always wanted to sniff her.


There were dogs everywhere, sniffing each other and barking, climbing and running everywhere.

We had fun watching how the dogs all interacted with each other.  Chiquita sat on our laps and when a dog would pass us, she would start to bark.

Bill carrying Chiquita.  He slipped a couple of times going down, and so did I.  I also gashed my right leg on a tree branch and got a nice bruise.

Here I am running down the slope.  There are a lot of runners and bikers on the trails.

Me and Chiquita looking out at the view as we ended our nice hike.